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Learning Disabilities "Do they exist?"
Posted by: Kathy on April 12, 2007 at 10:33AM EST
While,  I  do believe plenty of learning disabilities exist, could it be,  in some cases, we just learn different.  There is this idea of  one way to learn.  We are all different and we all get to the end of the road by taking different routes.   Should we continue putting  labels on everything?    I guess there is nothing wrong with it, kind of like one has blond hair and one has black.   Some of us are better one on one, while others are better in a crowd.  I just think we need to separate "learning disabilities (ex: dyslexia) from differences in learning. 
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Posted by: Daisy on April 18, 2007 10:48AM EST
I agree with you, at my children's middle school they use this math program called ,Everyday Math. While my husband and I can get the same answer, we cannot show the work the way that's required with this program.

This math program was very difficult for my son to grasp, ( and also his parents), but my daughter just took to it. This is when I became convinced that not every child learns the same way and the schools need to make concessions for this to help the kids who just need a different explanation.

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